Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Thursday at 8pm

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra proudly brings one of the nation's top-ranking orchestras to classical music lovers nationwide. Host Jim Cunningham and the PSO captivate audiences with works from the standard repertoire as well as by new composers in world premiere performances. As indicated by the thousands of letters fans send in each season, the PSO richly deserves its acclaim. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — one thrilling concert after another!

Genre: 
Classical
1:00 am
Fri March 22, 2013

March 28, 2013

James Gorton, oboe
Gretchen van Hoesen, harp
Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

Manfred Honeck, conductor
Goossens: Concert Piece for Oboe/English Horn, Two Harps and Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic"

Classical
1:00 am
Fri March 15, 2013

March 21, 2013

Joshua Bell, violin
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Classical
1:00 am
Fri March 8, 2013

March 14, 2013

Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Honegger: Cello Concerto
Gershwin: An American in Paris

Classical
1:00 am
Fri March 1, 2013

March 7, 2013

Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh, director
Lise de la Salle, piano

Manfred Honeck, conductor
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Boulanger: Psalm 130
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel: RBolero

Classical
1:00 am
Fri February 22, 2013

February 28, 2013

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Casella: Symphony No. 2
Debussy: Iberia
De Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Classical
1:00 am
Fri February 15, 2013

February 21, 2013

Nicholas Angelich, piano
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Berlioz: Excepts from Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Classical
1:00 am
Fri February 8, 2013

February 14, 2013

Stephen Hough, piano
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Stucky: Son et lumiere
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian"
Prokofeiv: Suite from Cinderella

Classical
1:00 am
Fri February 1, 2013

February 7, 2013

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Classical
1:00 am
Fri January 25, 2013

January 31, 2013

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri January 18, 2013

January 24, 2013

Craig Knox, tuba
William Caballero, horn
George Vosburgh,
trumpet
Andre Previn, conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Previn: Triple Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri January 11, 2013

January 17, 2013

Emanual Ax, piano
Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Wagner: "Prelude und Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Elgar: Enigma Variations
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri January 4, 2013

January 10, 2013

Nikolaij Znaider, violin
Manfred Honeck, conductor 
Stucky: Silent Spring
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique"
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri December 28, 2012

January 3, 2013

Mariss Jansons, conductor
Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C Major "Jupiter"
Strauss: "Dance of the Seven Veils" from Salome
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished"
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri December 21, 2012

December 27, 2012

Robert Page, conductor
Rachmaninoff's "The Bells"
Britten: "Ceremony of Carols"
Poulenc: "Gloria"
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri December 14, 2012

December 20, 2012

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Gall, countertenor
John Mark Ainsley, tenor 
John Relyea, bass
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor 
Handel: Messiah

Classical
1:00 am
Fri December 7, 2012

December 13 2012

Lars Vogt, piano
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 16
Respighi: The Fountains of Rome
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
 

Classical
1:00 am
Fri November 30, 2012

December 6, 2012

Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh, director
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone Chen Reiss, soprano
Dvorak: Biblical Songs
Brahms: A German Requiem

Classical
1:00 am
Fri November 23, 2012

November 29, 2012

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin

Manfred Honeck, conductor
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Strauss, Jr.: Csardas from Ritter Pasman
Strauss, Jr.: Artist's Life Waltzes
De Sarasate: Gypsy Airs for Violin and Orchestra
Kreisler: Love's Joy for Violin and Orchestra
Strauss: Cheerful Fortitude Polka

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Classical
1:00 am
Fri November 16, 2012

November 22, 2012

Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Juraj Valcuha, conductor 
Ravel: Suite from Mother Goose
Stucky: Spirit Voices
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
 

Classical
4:14 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

November 15, 2012

Mariss Jansons, conductor
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C "Linz" 
Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Ravel: Rhapsodie espagnole
 

Classical
12:00 am
Fri November 2, 2012

November 8, 2012

Mariss Jansons, conductor
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C "Linz" 
Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Ravel: Rhapsodie espagnole
 

Classical
3:43 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

November 1, 2012

Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Mctee: Double Play
Vaughn Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Francaix: The Flower Clock
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
 

Classical
2:58 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

October 25, 2012

James Galway, Flute
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 67
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2
Bizet: Carmen Fantasy

Classical
2:54 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

October 18, 2012

Xiang Yu, Violin
Xian Zhang, Conductor
Stucky: Radical Light
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Schumann: Symphony No. 4

Classical
3:33 pm
Wed October 10, 2012

October 11, 2012

Eroica Trio
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Beethoven: Overture to The Consecration of the House
Beethoven: Concert in C Major for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, "Triple Concerto"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica